SC dismisses petitions seeking court-monitored investigation into Rafale Deal
The Supreme Court of India (File Photo)
The Supreme Court of India (File Photo)
New Delhi (2 Min Read) : The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed all petitions seeking a court-monitored investigation into the Rafale Deal, reported news agency ANI.
The apex court said that it was satisfied that there is no occasion to doubt the process of procurement of Rafale fighter jets.
The SC said that there was “nothing questionable” in the decision-making process and the bench was not competent to go into the question of pricing and the choice of offset partner by Rafale manufacturer Dassault.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it “sees no reason to intervene” in the defence deal as the four petitions sought a court-monitored probe into the deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets in a fly-away condition from Dassault Aviation.
The Centre had defended the deal while admitting that there was “no sovereign guarantee from France, but there is a letter of comfort…”
The petitions seeking the probe were filed by Prashant Bhushan, Arun Shourie, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, advocates M.L.Sharma and Vineet Dhanda, and AAP lawmaker in Parliament Sanjay Singh.
Udated on : Dec 14, 2018 at 11:06 IST
By EP Web Desk
(With Inputs From IANS)
